According to Major Donald Lask, Interim Chief of Police for the Edwardsville Police Department, Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis contacted the department on Tuesday, December 4 to report a possible child abuse case involving a 23-month-old.

The victim's mother took the child to the hospital by his mother after receiving advice from the family doctor.

Lask said the investigation lead police to arrest Jay Miller on suspicion of abuse.

Jay Miller was charged with aggravated battery of child. He remains at Madison County Jail on $150,000 bond.